fix-this! Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 after 2 days of messing with ubuntu x64 i finally got it to install with a bunch of fixes i found online, i love it !!!! i have 2 questions: 1.) what are some of the "must have" programs / software ? 2.) how can i get yahoo mail to be the default client when i click a link ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 How to Set Yahoo! Mail as Default mailto: Client in Firefox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulltrail-old Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Wine is a "must have." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Preload It's a background process that caches commonly used libraries and binaries to speed up launch times. It uses virtually no extra resources to run aside from the memory it caches. Foobar on Wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 thanks guys what about programs for multimedia ? right now i have vlc / mplayer / totem. also i know linux doesn't need an antivirus but since im dual booting with vista id like to at least have a scanner. i heard bitdefender has a linux free version ? is that true ? ive heard about clamav but i heard you can only run it in the terminal and since im a newbie id prefer a graphical interface and it would have to work in a x64 environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Exaile Music Player is a must! NTFS Configuration Tool if it is not already installed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boktai1000 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If you don't already know the site http://www.getdeb.net it has some software in .deb form if you couldn't of already guessed that isn't normally available on the package manager, for example mupen64plus a Nintendo 64 emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2008 Glad to see you stuck it out on the install. I know you had a lot of frustrating issues (ones that would have made me give up! But I was fortunate enough to not have those types of problems). For media playing, I am a fan of mplayer. Simple enough to work from a command line, and plays all sorts of media. For burning software, I like k3b (it's a KDE app, but works fine in Gnome, just needs extra libraries that will be auto-installed if you use synaptic, or apt-get it at the command line). Just for play, I like celestia. Cool space simulator, if you are into astronomy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlef Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 thanks guys what about programs for multimedia ? right now i have vlc / mplayer / totem. also i know linux doesn't need an antivirus but since im dual booting with vista id like to at least have a scanner. i heard bitdefender has a linux free version ? is that true ? ive heard about clamav but i heard you can only run it in the terminal and since im a newbie id prefer a graphical interface and it would have to work in a x64 environment. Regarding clamav, if you also get clamtk you'll get a gui. Other programs: K3b. Burning app. atlef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted July 30, 2008 MVC Share Posted July 30, 2008 KernelCheck. A program that provides a nice GUI to upgrade the Kernel. Erm IPList (Bit like peer guardian). SSH of course so you can get to it from a windows box using PuTTY. Theres loads I will have to have a browse round in my favourites list and my install at home and post more. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2008 I didn't even see the "antivirus" question. I'm not that big on clam - it typically hasn't performed that well in the testing I have seen (admittedly years ago, so things may be different now). I would probably recommend Avast, since it is the same engine and dat that their Windows version uses, and Avast is often recommended here on Neowin. sudo apt-get install avast4workstation (Y) (or look it up in synaptic) EDIT: Just a note on Avast for Linux... The GUI that Avast created is as ugly as sin! It makes no attempt to use the widgets (like progress bar, etc.) from your current theme. But if you are after GUI, they provide one. You can also use it from the command line, and probably pipe incoming mail to it, if you were so inclined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 VLC - Playing videos K3b - Burning media onto CD/DVD Gimp - Image manipulation A firewall that you know how to use, so either research iptables or ufw, or use a gui version such as firestarter. SSH - for secure connections and be sure to remove telnet. Antivirus software for Linux has a high rate of false positives, I'd recommend against the software and harden your system instead. And you should checkout SELinux if you have the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Oh yes you must get Wine 1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2008 ...Antivirus software for Linux has a high rate of false positives, I'd recommend against the software and harden your system instead. Haven't had anything with Avast on Linux. I don't think there is much value-added in AV on Linux for a home user (yeah, required for a Linux mail server), but if someone wants one, I would recommend Avast over clamav based on positive feedback on Neowin, and personal experience cleaning up my wife's friend's laptop. Avast did the job (but, god, the laptop was a mess!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 good post, since I am planning on attempting a dual boot ubuntu/vista install in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Haven't had anything with Avast on Linux.I don't think there is much value-added in AV on Linux for a home user (yeah, required for a Linux mail server), but if someone wants one, I would recommend Avast over clamav based on positive feedback on Neowin, and personal experience cleaning up my wife's friend's laptop. Avast did the job (but, god, the laptop was a mess!) I prefer Avast as well, but there is also AVG free available for Linux which works as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 i went with avg for linux, i had to do a few modifications via the terminal to get it to install on my x64 system. heres the link : how to install avg on x64 ubuntu i just need a good mp3 player now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2008 I prefer Avast as well, but there is also AVG free available for Linux which works as well. Avast is in the repos (Y) AVG is not (N) On Windows, you get from the site, so it doesn't matter (and I use both of them on various Windows PCs in my house). In Linux, I strongly avoid downloading from sites, as I love how the package manager always ensures I am updated daily. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Avast is in the repos (Y)AVG is not (N) On Windows, you get from the site, so it doesn't matter (and I use both of them on various Windows PCs in my house). In Linux, I strongly avoid downloading from sites, as I love how the package manager always ensures I am updated daily. :yes: i ended up going with avast after all, funny it wasn't in my repo's ? i had to download the package from the avast site and install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2008 i ended up going with avast after all, funny it wasn't in my repo's ? i had to download the package from the avast site and install. mark@mark-core2:~$ sudo apt-get install avast4workstation [sudo] password for mark: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done avast4workstation is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. mark@mark-core2:~$ "already newest version". Not sure why I can see it, but you weren't able to install. The repos are better, because if there is an update, you will automatically get the update made available when you update. When you open up synaptic, and check Settings > Repositories, do you see "Proprietary drivers.. (restricted)" checked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Well, those are more for kubuntu, but they work fine on Ubuntu: KDE application: -Amarok, the most powerfull media player on linux (after XMMS1, but it is so old that almost no distribution still include it). The latest version is 2.0 alpha2, but you will find only 1.4 in Ubuntu. -Digikam, il it almost as powerfull as Apple Aperture, and a lot more than picasa and f-spot to manage and edit your pictures. -K3B a burning application -Konqueror, a swiss knife, you can do almost everything with it if you know it well. -Basket notepad, really good utility if your a student or want to take note. -Kolourpaint, a fast and easy mspaint like application with more feature. For ubuntu: -Kino (if you own a DV camera) really simple utility like windows movie maker. -Inkscape, vector drawing application (like adobe illustrator) -Codeblocks, a C++ IDE Other: -Blender, a -really- powerfull 3D modelling/animation/game IDE -Cinelerra a professional non-linear video editor, with everything from blue-screen to scripted layer animation. Alternative interfaces: (desktop environement) -KDE 4.1, the most advanced desktop environment for Linux, but in an early phase of developement. You will find it in package manager if you update your Ubuntu to 8.10 alpha. -Fluxbox, a fast and little windows manager, but with a lot of customisation. -KDE 3.5, the most configurable environement for Linux, but it is the old generation of KDE and the default look feel old. The KDE team is working on version 4 since 3 years. -AwesomeWM, a tiled windows manager, see me desktop: -Compiz fusion. Included in ubuntu by default (not enabled on most desktop) but too see the real advantages of it, install (from synaptic) compiz settings manager. See compiz fusion on youtube to see how it look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom01 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 You don't need a anti virus at all. If you did happen to find a virus you would have to compile it so.... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 31, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2008 You don't need a anti virus at all. If you did happen to find a virus you would have to compile it so.... :rolleyes: While I agree that AV is currently unnecessary in an updated Linux box, it is completely false to say that a Linux virus would need to be compiled. rolly-eyes, indeed! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom01 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 While I agree that AV is currently unnecessary in an updated Linux box, it is completely false to say that a Linux virus would need to be compiled.rolly-eyes, indeed! :rolleyes: Prove it then... .deb/rpm etc not included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran Posted July 31, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 31, 2008 If you want to manage your finances, I'd go with GnuCash. If you want to store your passwords, I'd go with KeepassX. If you want a WYSIWYG html editor, I'd go with KompoZer. If you are learning music and music theory, I'd go with GNU Solfege. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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